WILL IT START AFTER 30 YEARS? ALVIS STALWART

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Mr Hewes

8 ай бұрын

We have a crack at getting the Stolly with the missing wheels running.
it hasn't ran for 30 years!

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@GTScaleModelling 8 ай бұрын

I love how these things can look like utter scrap, but with what appears a relatively small amount of effort in some key places and they work again. Brilliant to watch.

@johnnunn8688 8 ай бұрын

Spoiler alert!

@johnnunn8688 8 ай бұрын

Some Leathermans, (Leathermen?(ooh, gay)) have a file. Saying.

@MrHewes 8 ай бұрын

No use at all for points

@peterstoel9503 7 ай бұрын

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@jayeff3196 8 ай бұрын

The Foden looks so so cool Mr H...👍

@MrZazzles94 8 ай бұрын

Love the Stolly. Amazing vehicles but apparently a pain to work on and keep running.

@jirihamersky6152 8 ай бұрын

Great video, shame about the weather. I look forward to the sequel, thanks.

@SurvivingTheApocalypse 8 ай бұрын

I love a channel that says ‘We will try again tomorrow’ and then they actually do try again tomorrow and the video comes out ‘tomorrow’. Found this channel totally by accident but it’s fantastic. Presenting and filming style is just perfect.

@pezaostu5009 8 ай бұрын

You need that in your merch! The Stolly Brolly!! 😂

@kevinchamberlain7928 8 ай бұрын

Umbrolly...

@Pearmain2009 8 ай бұрын

Cracking videomand impressive how robust our old engineering tech is. Having been left to the ravages of time and nature so long. I doubt modern military vehicles much like our road cars would be that robust or even able to get them going as all the electronics would be obsolete and non repairable. Cant wait to see the follow up video. Great work guys, love what you are doing.

@edjones7709 8 ай бұрын

Few of the modern military vehicles are British.

@lukefriesenhahn8186 7 ай бұрын

That's what scares me about our modern vehicles. We have all the tech in the world we could ever want, but none of the components are robust like this Alvis Stalwart

@lukefriesenhahn8186 7 ай бұрын

@@edjones7709That's the problem. Germany, and a number of other prominent military tech countries have the same problem.

@zogworth 7 ай бұрын

The joy of computers is you can pretty much slap a new one in anything and get it to work. I'll take electrons over a ratsnest of vacuum pipes any day of the week!

@annechristiansen941 8 ай бұрын

Godt jobba gutter. Tusen takk for god underholdning. 👍🤗👍🇸🇯

@markstott6689 8 ай бұрын

It's moments like this that Google translate ìs like magic. 😊

@chrissmith7655 8 ай бұрын

Hi, well done guys only you could do that in such horrible weather, dedication over and above. Many thanks from Nr Chester. PS LOVE the Foden , when I win the Lottery.....

@jcr4581 8 ай бұрын

Remember me that movie, Young Frankenstein. "Could be worse... I could rain.."🤣

@kwinterburn 8 ай бұрын

Well on the good side you couldn't say it would fill with water in the rain, the shots of the outside through the holes in the hull are superb

@Qspecialman 8 ай бұрын

Volkswagen had a similar system of rev governor fitted to their 1972 model Type 2 (van, camper etc) when they first came out. We always found just fit a match stick in the spring and she would rev like a gooden.

@FloatingCroc 8 ай бұрын

Amazes me how golden nuggets of this type of info are still kicking about 👏 Sad thing is, they’ll be lost on this generation growing up

@shed66215 8 ай бұрын

Some good memories of being in the back of a Stolly or two as kids when me and my brothers were able to clamber all over various vehicles as part of a base 'family day' when my father was stationed in Germany - Stolly, AVREs of various types, Chieftain (just before the introduction of the Challenger I) and FV432s, not to mention the Chinook and Herc though sadly not in the air

@dickdegraaff5452 8 ай бұрын

Dear Joseph, The Foden 6x6 Recovery Truck looks absolutely beautiful again but she’s a heavy smoker😀 As long as the engine of this Stolly is cranking it’s a good indication that it will run and she almost did. Following my previous comment I really have to advice you to remove the engine and try to get her running and story the engine for a back up for the first Stolly you collected. This Stolly can be used for spare parts storage as well. The other Stolly should be restored because that’s not a too big issue in comparing with this one. Wish you all the best and send you love from the Netherlands

@kwinterburn 8 ай бұрын

It's a very useful machine more capable than the Martian , friend of mine had a ex Pickford's Queen Scammel that had an enormous belly winch on it , he had a Diamond T with a Hercules straight 8 petrol engine before that

@DaisyDaisyFilms 8 ай бұрын

Great video, nice to see someone still knows about setting points 😂

@colingoddard1864 6 ай бұрын

Having renovated a Dutch barge I can appreciate the hard work and ingenuity on display. Absolutely brilliant and a joy to watch. Well done to akk

@SiaVids 8 ай бұрын

Those old engines are just made to run. 😃

@GlideYNRG 8 ай бұрын

Haven't mucked around with points /distributors for years. Got to love good old fashioned reliable technology. Nice job lads.

@wideyxyz2271 8 ай бұрын

Agreed. But a simple electronic ignition system is just as reliable and tend not to wear out and no points adjustment required.Just some coils and a magnet. But the stuff on modern vehicles with computers controlling things now thats a different matter.

@kwinterburn 8 ай бұрын

It's a magneto so it's even better than points

@GlideYNRG 8 ай бұрын

@@kwinterburn got bit by one years ago.. Never forgot that mistake.. 😁

@ppf_services 8 ай бұрын

Lots of love for the stollies... even if half the viewers gave £1 each, both could be brought back to good health? When you've finished ploughing the fields with the dragging corner 😄 Can the subscribers have our own stolly to play with? 👍

@akula9713 8 ай бұрын

We never threw batteries away. Most can be recharged to some potential. We’d put them on a trolley, connected together, and used for jump starting older vehicles. Very handy for jump starting old Coles mobile cranes when it’s minus 5 outside!

@glynluff2595 8 ай бұрын

You didn’t notice the corner was split then?

@timbur2711 8 ай бұрын

how big was that trolley lol

@akula9713 8 ай бұрын

@@timbur2711 about four foot wide by 6-8 foot long. The apprentices, of which I was one back in the 70s, had the responsibility of maintaining the batteries, and hauling them to wherever they were needed in the foundry or its yards. The batteries were older forklift batteries, no good for cold starting a single forklift, mobile crane, or dumpster, but when paralleled up, would have enough juice to start anything. Cold weather was the worst when the temperatures drop below zero for long periods. Lead acid batteries don’t do well in cold weather, so a warm trolley load of batteries, kept warm in the fitting shop, on a constant low current trickle did the job! You make the best of what you’ve got!

@akula9713 8 ай бұрын

@@glynluff2595 anything can be repaired if you know how!

@wideyxyz2271 8 ай бұрын

@@glynluff2595 Gaffer tape and chewing gum and some BATT AIDS!

@g7puw 8 ай бұрын

Another fascinating video guys thank you so much we enjoyed it a lot

@philglover2973 8 ай бұрын

Awesome video thanks lads very much appreciated top job top team 🇬🇧

@strandern5387 8 ай бұрын

wheyyyyy you actually have microphones now!

@edjones7709 8 ай бұрын

Older engines do not need a computer, just 'the black-hand gang'. Love it! Now paint those Foden wheels ORANGE like I said!

@stevenmanning6884 7 ай бұрын

Ive driven a stalwart at an off road centre it was great fun. The gear box was the most complicated thing to get use to. I said to the instructor is it so hard to find a gear as its old he replied no they the same when he drove them in Germany in the military. But it forded 5ft of water like driving through a puddle and climbed anything you threw at it. Great machine.

@keitht3055 8 ай бұрын

I used to have an original 850 mini, it was just like your Stolly on a winter start up! 😆. Looking forward to your next instalment.

@dennis38y 8 ай бұрын

Is that a shed door you’re standing on, on top of the fork lift ? Perfectly safe in my opinion

@paulkenny7054 8 ай бұрын

Nice video guys,luv the sense of humour👍👍👍

@daithiosioradain3380 8 ай бұрын

Looks promising although those points appear to be arcing excessively suggesting the condensors are kaput. Least of your problems 🤣 Unless they short.

@danielhayton9438 8 ай бұрын

Happy memories of the same distributor on the Austin Champ!😃

@kwinterburn 8 ай бұрын

Yes I had one with the b40 many years ago loved it , maybe I will buy one just to irritate the LandRover owners

@a34rwl 6 ай бұрын

I remember him, Alvis Stalwart - big, black quiff. Did the Green X Code adverts on the telly.

@moodymysta 8 ай бұрын

Thank you for getting mikes !!! its so much clearer now perfect boys your onto the next level now haha

@Ratty_Rex 7 ай бұрын

As they connected the oil filter back up..... I was looking at the background and thought "Hmmmmmm, being able to see the floor isn't a good thing in a Stally....." LMAO! Great video - so much humour. Very Norfolk.

@paulwalker427 8 ай бұрын

Cracking video chaps

@Steve-bq4pq 8 ай бұрын

Exciting stuff, come on Merlin, get going, don´t disappoint the lads. 🤠

@peterboydell251 8 ай бұрын

Have you thought of moving the centre wheel station over to the other side. They were designed to run with 2 wheels out just not both on the same side.

@billb3444 8 ай бұрын

Saw one of these backfiring like a bastard going through Ipswich in the 60s, the other four sounded great. My favourite army truck

@bobuncle8704 8 ай бұрын

That was as close as. I’m now waiting with great anticipation for the second half of the will it start video

@heatherread5314 6 ай бұрын

Good luck for the next time. Was nice to meet you both at the lantern parade. Hope you enjoyed it. I thought it was rather marvellous.

@adrianflower3230 8 ай бұрын

Great work team Hewes. Very entertaining 👍👍 . Amazing that old tech can be abandoned and still have potential to work. Imagine your HiLux in a field for 30 years and trying that 🤣🤣

@davesmith9325 8 ай бұрын

A Toyota? Will start and run smoothly on the first turn of the key mate. 😂

@888johnmac 8 ай бұрын

@@davesmith9325 ... lol yeah Toyota HiLux not the best example to pick ...... now imagine leaving a Ford Ranger in a field for 30 years

@dustyfarmer 8 ай бұрын

Smiths guages are the least of your problems. Joe Lucas, The prince of darkness probably designed and made that distributor, points & rotor arm.

@carltonwray7015 8 ай бұрын

Amazing start up😮

@tommyfred6180 6 ай бұрын

i remember helping fit new brake lines on a stolly back in the 80s. the thing is a mechanical marvel. its a marvel anyone ever signed off on the thing going into production.

@darrenhawken9766 8 ай бұрын

Great work, good old Rolls Royce , needs a clean , and weld all them holes together, mint 👍💨💨

@MrSeeuu 8 ай бұрын

Just when I was sure you could walk on water, you showed up with a crescent wrench and a claw hammer. Of course Jesus wept and water logged the whole Mr. Hewes show!!! Great video, thanks much for all. 😃👍🏻👍🏻🔧⚙️🛠🧰

@richardhunt1384 8 ай бұрын

2:05 thats a funky looking persuader!!!! Is that a Snap Off or a home brewed item?? 😂😂

@ruzziasht349 8 ай бұрын

2:34 Blade Runner, Alien, Thelma and Louise, Black Hawk Down, The Martian, American Gangster - all great films, along with Gladiator.

@geraldingram9351 8 ай бұрын

Great stuff guys

@robbell4339 8 ай бұрын

Love these Stollies

@rexeverything100 8 ай бұрын

I look forward watching the new videos very interesting, so much better with the attached microphone sounds so much more produced professional sound, 4k is great to 👍 seriously great channel 😁

@MrHewes 8 ай бұрын

Thank you!

@wideyxyz2271 8 ай бұрын

Those engines are the buisness. Great work lads. I once got 100 MPH out of my Triumph Tiger 100ss (Speedo made by Smiths!).

@jamesmccann531 8 ай бұрын

Are you sure it wasnt just 10mph then?

@stephenhunter70 8 ай бұрын

@@jamesmccann531 If it was anything like the one in mom's old Austin A50 that's miles to high. From mum, Austin = Almost, Useless, Standard, Towed, In Neutral. Oh yes nearly forgot the generator was almost as useless as the Speedo!

@Cory-Stewart- 8 ай бұрын

Ill be waiting, excitement is real.

@ianb6595 8 ай бұрын

Another good view on what you’re doing, didn’t realise how much batteries cost wow, it wants to start

@bob_the_bomb4508 6 ай бұрын

I had to use a Stolly as an engineer reconnaissance vehicle after my CVR(T) Spartan broke down at the beginning of Exercise Lionheart in 1984…

@widescreennavel 8 ай бұрын

I'm just happy if my check engine light goes out on my Infiniti lol

@Island_Times 8 ай бұрын

You missed the Hilux there with the battery drop test . Should of eaten your Shreaded Wheat that morning 🤣

@jackn4853 8 ай бұрын

Or even should have eaten your Shredded Wheat.

@669Boogie 7 ай бұрын

Oh my god a Stolly that brings back some memories of exercises in Sennelager.

@AdamTownsend343 8 ай бұрын

'Gauge could be faulty...' Gauge: Made by Smiths Let's not kid ourselves

@teamidris 8 ай бұрын

I have a masters in Mechatronics. I have a certificate to prove why I don’t trust anything electrical :D

@Icebuntrucker 8 ай бұрын

10/10 for dedication boys . She will need the good cosby sauce i think mite even be a two can job ,

@assassinlexx1993 8 ай бұрын

A golf( large) umbrella and big magnet. Is the ticket. You be surprised just how good you get in staying dry.

@johnreynolds5103 8 ай бұрын

Foden look amazing! What else can you paint in those colours? careful you might end up with a brand!

@bencooper7944 8 ай бұрын

What a difference those microphones make. Nice one. 👍

@Island_Times 8 ай бұрын

Is that water i see leaking from the sky ? QLD < Australia . We try to catch it here but in Blighty you seem to push it away like its not gold 🙄

@kevinchamberlain7928 8 ай бұрын

Come to North Wales my convict-descended friend! You've copied our sheep thing so come and collect the rain that comes with them!

@samleigh7817 8 ай бұрын

Some of us do collect it, unfortunately we run out of storage space very quickly!

@Island_Times 8 ай бұрын

@@samleigh7817 I have a 23,000L tank in case of bush fire or emergency drinking water

@samleigh7817 8 ай бұрын

@@Island_Times our men's shed has 10000L for watering the greenhouse, but it's free

@troopercarr8303 8 ай бұрын

Those are the Best batteries, I’ve got them in all my equipment 👌

@robinhadley 8 ай бұрын

I remember mentioning in a previous episode about rubbing the rotor arm on a tire(might not have been just me) glad it helped though. ps would have worked better on dry rubber 🤣

@pauldowner1 8 ай бұрын

Mr Hewes quote of the day "and... again"

@richardtravers8772 8 ай бұрын

From Australia. That's not a crap design, it is intentional to keep Diggers sticky fingers from deciding to fiddle with things, it's called digger proof or in your case Squaddy Proof.

@zedxe1857 8 ай бұрын

30 yr diesel wouldn't be a problem "SPARK AND FLUIDS" before any attempt FFS

@davidbarnsley8486 8 ай бұрын

That foden is the big black beasty now 😍😍😍

@johnhiggins6984 7 ай бұрын

Used to work oh these, they were great to drive but a bit iffy when off road, used to get stuck in fairly mild mud tracks.

@andrewcrofts531 8 ай бұрын

That'll go.....I can hear it!!

@bulldog1066jpd 8 ай бұрын

Anything tha cranks over and fires after 30 years standing idle has potential .....

@robc3056 8 ай бұрын

Foden looks sweet gents

@stephenollerhead5325 6 ай бұрын

Love the the foden🧐⭐️

@peterlarkin762 8 ай бұрын

More Skidley Rot than Ridley Scott.

@matthewheutel3405 8 ай бұрын

Ride ol there lasso! Cranking on forward you chaps now how to get these ole beats to purr!

@nopegaming2117 7 ай бұрын

I wish i could get one of these in America, hehe. I find these more interesting than yet another humvee

@BV-co7hy 6 ай бұрын

Had a toy one back in the 1970’s ✌️

@terryh8421 8 ай бұрын

You mentioned Ridley Scott, he directed Black Hawk Down among other films!

@andrewwmacfadyen6958 8 ай бұрын

Triva because of the way the firing order and cylinder compression come into play the B80 engine doesn't need twice the stater current of the 4 cylinder B40 in a Champ

@lanzecki 8 ай бұрын

Sound is sooo much better. I like the walk in at the start. Don't get too professional though :)

@kwinterburn 8 ай бұрын

The work platform , "bit of old shed" worked beautifully Although the HsE may not be impressed

@timbunker4529 6 ай бұрын

Those B series engines can sit for years and start after the basic checks. Seen range wrecks towed off and started several times. Just what you are doing and some clean fuel.

@buzx1313 7 ай бұрын

these used to be rebuilt at fazakerly engineering in liverpool along with the thornycroft antar..

@johnholland6842 24 күн бұрын

And to think they tried to replace these with a Humvee. Lol. 😂

@lancecluster 8 ай бұрын

The leatherman tool people should sponsor you and come out with a tank repair addition. Nice job.

@janhudson4501 6 ай бұрын

One of the best vehicles we. When asked how it could be improved 95% of drivers all said better gear box

@emmetdonnelly2072 6 ай бұрын

Those old batteries lads are from 40 plus years ago, I'd say she hasn't been running since at least the early 80s.

@henrikcarlsen1881 8 ай бұрын

Purrs like a kitten

@scottallpress3818 8 ай бұрын

What’s the plastic bottle hung off the air filter housing ? Ether start kit ?

@bobjwaller 6 ай бұрын

Trying to start an engine on the unknown contents of a long neglected fuel tank is asking for trouble. Give it some clean fuels and it will run like a sweetie.